Video Formats We Digitize
From early open-reel videotape to broadcast and consumer cassettes, I digitize a wide range of video formats. If you’re unsure what you have, send me photographs of the tape, cassette and any labels so we can identify it and discuss your project.
Open-Reel Videotape
2-inch Quad low/high band — NTSC
2-inch Quad low/high band — PAL/SECAM
1-inch Type C — NTSC/PAL/SECAM
1-inch Type B (Bosch BCN) — PAL
1-inch IVC — PAL
½-inch Sony CV — PAL
½-inch EIAJ monochrome — IEC/CCIR
½-inch EIAJ color — NTSC
¼-inch Akai VT — IEC
Replace the list with:
¾-inch U-matic low/high band — NTSC
¾-inch U-matic low/high band — PAL
¾-inch U-matic low band — SECAM
¾-inch U-matic SP — NTSC/PAL
Betacam — NTSC/PAL
Betacam SP — NTSC/PAL
Betacam SX — NTSC/PAL
MPEG IMX — NTSC/PAL
Digital Betacam — NTSC/PAL
Consumer Video Cassettes
Betamax Hi-Fi — PAL/NTSC
SuperBeta Hi-Fi — PAL/NTSC
VHS Hi-Fi — NTSC/PAL/SECAM/PAL-M
S-VHS Hi-Fi — NTSC/PAL/SECAM
S-VHS-C Hi-Fi — NTSC/PAL/SECAM
Video8 — NTSC/PAL
Hi8 — NTSC/PAL
Hi8 PCM audio — NTSC
Digital8 — PAL/NTSC
CVC (TEAC V-250G) — NTSC
DV and HD Video Formats
DVCAM — PAL/NTSC
DVCPRO 25/50 — PAL/NTSC
DVCPRO HD
DV — PAL/NTSC
MiniDV — PAL/NTSC
HDV — PAL/NTSC
Video Discs
DVD
VCD
LaserDisc — PAL/NTSC